Good to know that if I need attention all I have to do is die.

By me.

Draco stayed behind until after Hermione left to make sure the two dunderheads didn't stay behind to harass her even more. He didn't like the girl, in fact he never thought much about her, and he just felt that it was his duty to prevent her being harmed if he was around. It wasn't that he was protecting her or anything……

After making sure she left, Draco prepared to apparate to his home, to his loving wife. Draco dreaded going home; he didn't think he could bear listening to Pansy drone on about the latest sale at the local robe shop. She was just so boring.

When he appeared in his home, he found that his wife wasn't home. Probably out with one of her friends, spending HIS money. He thanked god or whoever and made his way to the kitchen to write a note to his adoring wife. And this he wrote:

Pansy,

Out for dinner, then went to get a drink. Be back at around 11.

-Draco

It sounded cold yes, but that's basically what their  conversation was like. And plus, he doubted his wife would read it anyways, when she was out with her friends she usually stayed out until 12 or so.

Sure he could just eat dinner in his own home, but Draco didn't feel much like staying in, he just recently started to hate his home. So he made his way out the door to the local restaurant. It was a quaint and small eatery, but he sometimes saw familiar faces. He had become friends with the bartender, where they both spoke about the troubles in their lives. But tonight, Draco really didn't feel like speaking to anyone, for some reason he wanted to be alone.

"Look, it's the albino piece of crap we went to school with Harry." Ronald Weasly sounded loudly.

"It seems that it is, dear Ron. But incase you had not noticed, Mr. Malfoy is also in our auror training class. Saw him today eyeing Hermione."

 Draco gave them a seething glare and stalked away.

Draco wished to be left alone. He just wanted a quiet dinner so he could think. But that didn't seem to be the case, for Harry and Ron followed him to his table in the corner.

"You were weren't you? Eyeing Hermione?" Harry said through clenched teeth. Draco didn't answer.

" We really don't like you looking at her that way Malfoy. She's been through too much and we don't want your eyes undressing her."

"Oh I bet she has been through a lot, with you idiots as friends."

"You don't know shit Draco."

"Oh really, but I just heard a conversation that concerned you threatening her if she ever mouthed off to her. You basically said that you would make her scream… Hmm?  Was that an openly violent threat?"

'So what if I did say that. I say that to her every time I see her. She only knows we are playing around." Harry said

"Well to me she looked pretty scared. You idiot, you don't threaten a woman, even if she is annoying." Draco said quietly.

"Whatever you say Malfoy. I know how to treat Hermione, I know how she likes to be treated, she likes to be dominated."

"Sure didn't sound like it before when you were telling her to quit. She gave a up a pretty big fight."

" Like I said, you don't know shit Malfoy." Harry said and walked away with Ron following.

Am I correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?
It's ink that lies,
the pen, the page, the paper.
I live, I learn.
You will always take what i have earned.
And so aid my end while I believe I'm winning.

        So Draco finished his London broil in peace. He wasn't bothered throughout the whole dinner, except when the waiter came. He did how ever have a very good view of Harry and Ron at dinner with two scan dally clad women. Those two men irritated him to no end. Even more so than their little Potter brain box. She annoyed him, but her two " friends " irritated him. After downing down a couple of shots of whiskey, he staggered out the door to meet his loving adoring wife in their nice kings sized bed.

friends speak out in our defense.
I pay ten deaf ears for two months rent.
We burn they gallows they erect,
and cut the nooses they tie for our necks.

As he entered his home, Draco hear Pansies voice in the kitchen. She was not alone. Draco made his way to the kitchen to discover her downing shots of vodka with her friend Mona. As soon as he appeared in the doorway, Pansy saw him and walked drunkenly over to him.

" Draco mmy luv'. How are you dear?" She slurred

'Fine, dear. How was yours? " Draco asked in a bored tone.

" Oh SO exciting. I found this great buy in Victorias little shop. You know the one with the designer shoes and all. W-well I found this MARVELOUS bag there. Simply scrumptious. Don't you think Mona?" Mona nodded dumbly.

Pansy droned on and on. Slurring each and every word she spoke. Draco knew Pansy could never hold her drink. She was a real light weight.

You constantly make it impossible to make conversation.
Keep us comatose but audible.
And I like it the farther I get out.
We pass it off but it's all on us.
Only common conversation,
it took everything I got.
And I like it the farther I get out.

" Draco did you hear me?"

" No dear, what did you say." Draco snapped out of his daydream

' I said, I was thinking maybe we could try something new tonight." Pansy said, sounding annoyed.

" You know pansy, I'm really tired. I don't think tonight would be a good night." Draco pretended to yawn. " I'm going to go take a shower and go to bed."

He quickly gave his disheartened wife a peck on the cheek and waved a goodbye to her friend and made his way up the stairs to their bedroom. He quietly got undressed and jumped in the shower. Draco relished in the warmth of the water. He felt nothing but coldness lately.

He dried and made his way to bed. As soon as his head hit the pillow, Draco was out. His subconscious floated back to that lovely woman he had been dreaming about lately. Her long brown hair flowed as usual and her laugh mesmerized him as always. Their conversation this time was about the social inequalities within the wizarding world. He word she enunciated made Draco wanting more. But yet, once again, he could not see her face.

But just as quickly it came, it was gone. And all that was left was the harsh reality that overtook Draco when the sun rose that morning. Another day had begun and so did the overwhelming feeling of emptiness.

Draco went by his day as usual. Making his usual rounds in the morning and over to training. He saw the same faces as he saw yesterday and everything was fine. But what really got Draco was when the two wonder boys came through the door, Hermione, their supposed best friend went up to them like everything was fine and dandy. Like the two men didn't threaten her just yesterday. They joked around and laughed. It just didn't make sense. NO SENSE AT ALL!!

They all assembled into their groups. Seeing Hermione laughing with the two idiots baffled Draco and he couldn't control himself when he asked the wrong thing.

" Oh so Granger I thought you wouldn't hang around men who threatened you. I thought you were stronger and smarter than that. But I guess I was wrong. You are just a stupid woman" He said bluntly

Once said, always said.
I will hold the past over your head.
I'll speak my mind whenever i feel slighted.
I am hellbent on extracting all of my revenge.
So take heart, sweetheart, or I will take it from you.

"Excuse me?" She asked confused.

"You heard me!"

'I guess I did. How the hell did you get the idea that Harry and Ron threatened me? How—You were there weren't you? You heard our conversation yesterday in the bathroom. You eavesdropped!" She spat angrily.

"In a nutshell"

" Pretty much. Well how dare you listen to a private conversation? I would never do such a thing to anyone, not even you. I don't do that to people, so I would think I deserve the same respect."

" Pshh! Well newsflash Granger, not everyone has your rules to live by. And anyways, it was kind of hard not to listen what with you and Harry yelling."

" But that still doesn't give you an open invitation to do something—"

" Hey Granger, this isn't about our relationship or that lack there of.. This is about how you can be friends with someone who threatens you. How can you even associate with someone who doesn't even give you respect? How can you be humiliated?" Draco questioned.

" How can I be humiliated?  Oh ow, Malfoy, your worried  about me being humiliated? Don't worry about me Malfoy. Worry about your own problems with your wife."

'Worry about what? "

"What, you don't know? "

" Uhh…."

"Oh god you don't." She muttered looking nervous.

"Granger what are they saying?"

"Nothing." She said quickly. She started working on the spell that they were assigned to practice.

"Hermione. Please?" he asked with pleading eyes.

"Okay okay. But you didn't hear It from me." She looked down at her feet nervously " the word is that your wife has been cheating on you."

"Hah! Tell me something I don't know!" Draco said with a laugh.

"You know? "

"Yea of course. I'm not sleeping with her. She has to get her kicks somewhere." Draco said as he did a counter spell.

"Wait you don't even sleep with your own wife? Why? " Hermione asked.

"I don't---" Draco muttered quietly

"You don't what? "

'I don't l—love her."

" You don't lover her? I thought you did when we were back in school. " Hermione said

'Well that was before I had to live with her.'

"She's that annoying right? "

"Hell yea. All she does is shop and make a mess. I hate it." Draco said laughing

"And you didn't notice until recently? " Hermione laughed along with him.

By that time, the lesson had already been over. Draco didn't notice until he and Hermione were still in the room talking. At that moment, Draco just noticed that she had a beautiful smile.

'So why do you let them threaten you?" Draco asked quietly.

" I don't." she said quickly.

" You do, they always did bring you down in school. So why do you hang around them if they make you feel bad about yourself? " Draco asked again.

" Because I have no one else" she said quickly and walked away into the bathroom.

Draco watched her leave. His mind was reeling from his most recent conversation. Their conversation went from hostile, to comical, to civil. Never in his wildest dreams, or nightmares, did he ever think he'd have a civil conversation with Hermione Granger. And actually like it.

We slip concealed back to the keep.
Concede to do the work for free.
We prey as wolves among the sheep and slit the neck of soldiers while they sleep.

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So how'd you guys like the new installment? Good/ bad/ so so? Well review and tell me. The beginning is slow because my mind was preoccupied with other things. Such as my new horse. So yea, just bear with me on this one because I think I'm getting somewhere.

The lyrics in this chapter are from a awesome song called " good to know if I ever needed attention all I had to do is die" Awesome song by the lyrical geniuses called Brand New

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